Author Archives: Sir James Dunn School

Sir James Dunn – Sports Flash

Jan 23, 2018 @ 18:28 The 23rd Annual Wawa Cup Elementary School Soccer Tournament was held on October 4th at the Michipicoten Community Centre sports field and hosted by Sir James Dunn. Seven teams from Wawa, Chapleau, Hornepayne and Dubreuilville vied for the coveted cup throughout the day. After round-robin, quarter-finals, semi-finals and championship games, Sir James Dunn won the ...

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SJD December Newsflash

Jan 10, 2018 @ 14:27   The halls of Sir James Dunn were busy for the month of December.  The Grade 8 Game Changers organized a few fun activities.  This group of dedicated students (under the direction of Mrs. McKenzie and Ms. Portis) first organized a winter door decorating contest.  All the classes participated and all the doors were unique ...

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Kindergarten Registration to begin at Sir James Dunn Public School

The middle of January is always an exciting time at Sir James Dunn Public School.  That is when the staff and students have the opportunity to meet and greet next year’s incoming Junior and Senior Kindergarten students. Kindergarten registration always comes with mixed emotions from both the parents and their little ones.  Excitement for all the new learning opportunities and ...

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SJD – SE OPP Visit Kindergarten Class

Dec 14, 2017 @ 10:29   The Kindergarten students at Sir James Dunn have been very interested in police officers lately so their teacher Mrs. Bernath invited the OPP to visit their classroom.  The focus of the visit was to let the little ones know that while officers do arrest people and put them in jail, that is not the ...

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SJD – Remembrance Day

Dec 14, 2017 @ 10:24 It has been a long standing tradition for Sir James Dunn School staff and students to honor the veterans during a Remembrance Day service held in the gymnasium.  This past November 10th, the ceremony was started off by a very moving presentation by Mr. Poldmaa, the principal.  He spoke to the audience about his family’s ...

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Bee-Bot at Sir James Dunn

Oct 27, 2017 @ 08:05   The kindergarten class at Sir James Dunn received a special surprise last Wednesday.  The Technology team from the board office dropped off a new little critter to the classroom.  He is called Bee-Bot and Bee-Bot is a programmable floor robot, ideal for teaching control, directional language and programming/coding to young children.   The students ...

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Sir James Dunn Newsflash – Talent, Shoots & Scores!

Jun 9, 2017 @ 08:09 SJD’s got talent – instrumental, vocals,  dancing, magical and comical talent that is! On Friday, May 5th, students, from as young as Senior Kindergarten  to our older students sang, played the piano and guitar, danced, and performed magic for an audience made up of students, staff, parents and grandparents. What a show!  We can’t wait for ...

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Sir James Dunn Newsflash – Basketball!

 May 8, 2017 @ 08:39     What do you get when you mix students with basketballs, plenty of practices on the court and a whole lot of dunks and slams? You get two very victorious and happy teams! Recently, the Sir James Dunn Cougars participated in the annual basketball tournament held in Wawa and were both successful in capturing ...

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